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Company:

Lime Wire LLC

Product:

Limewire Basic 4.8.1

Category:

Peer to Peer Sharing

Problems:

Program shortcuts only visible to the user that installed the application
Must configure Windows XP Firewall exception for limewire.exe or javaw.exe (installation program walks user through this)
Otherwise a limited user can launch and use it without difficulty and settings are saved per user

Workarounds:

Install the latest supported Java Virtual Machine from Sun Microsystems before installing Limewire
"Unblock" Limewire from the Windows XP Firewall when asked during installation
Copy the program shortcuts from the installing user's Start Menu to the "All Users" Start Menu

References:

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/faq.shtml

Submitted:

6/11/2005

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